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Mainly sunny, with wind becoming northwest at 30 km/h gusting to 50 near noon. High -7 C, wind chill near -19.
What’s happening today
The Trans-Canada Highwaymen — featuring Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies), Moe Berg (The Pursuit of Happiness), Chris Murphy (Sloan) and Craig Northey (Odds) — perform at the Club Regent Event Centre at 8 p.m. Alan Small has the story.
The Trans-Canada Highwaymen, from left: Moe Berg, Craig Northey, Chris Murphy and Steven Page. (Robert Georgeff photo)
Winnipeg author Sue Sorensen launches her collection Acutely Life, published by Winnipeg’s At Bay Press, at 7 p.m. at McNally Robinson’s Grant Park location.
Today’s must-read
In the end, the final vote in a debate that has raged since 1979 wasn’t even close.
Next year, after 46 years, pedestrians will once again cross Portage and Main at street level: city council Thursday voted 11-3 to open the intersection and close the underground concourse. Joyanne Pursaga reports.
The intersection at Portage and Main (Mike Deal / Free Press files)
On the bright side
For one afternoon, on Antioch’s main street and tranquil riverbank, the fragrance of burning incense was paired with the sound of Buddhist and Tao chants. Their cumulative calming energy was meant to be a balm of sorts to soothe the racial and religious hate that cast a shadow on the California city’s legacy.
Antioch’s dark past, specifically its horrific mistreatment of early Chinese immigrants, motivated about 200 Buddhists to undertake a recent pilgrimage to the city of about 115,000, tucked deep in the delta that drains into the San Francisco Bay. Their goal was to supplant the negative with the positive by reconciling a dreadful past and anxiety-filled present — both time periods when Asian Americans nationwide have faced hate and discrimination — with the hope for a more egalitarian and harmonious future. The Associated Press reports.
Buddhist faith leaders and community members pray during a “May We Gather” pilgrimage on March 16 in Antioch, Calif. (Godofredo A. Vasquez / The Associates Press files)
On this date
On March 22, 1974: The Winnipeg Free Press reported in Ottawa, the minister of transport criticized the CPR, saying it acted as if it owned Canada, putting business interests ahead of public service, and said he would “fight like hell” to nationalize the company. The Manitoba government would implement a $14-million income tax credit for low-income people, establish a universal pharmacare program and a multipurpose housing plan, and start a provincewide ambulance program, according to the new budget. Read the rest of this day’s paper here. Search our archives for more here.
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